2022年CFA杰出校友奖的亮点

2022 CFA杰出校友奖 Honorees with CFA Dean Harvey Young

2022年CFA杰出校友奖得主（从左至右）Michelle Hurd、Alexi Worth和Valerie Coleman与CFA院长Harvey Young。 Michael Spencer摄影

CFA校友

一个欢庆之夜的回顾

2022年10月6日

On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the BU 美术学院 community – students, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff – came together to celebrate and honor three inspiring alums, who we are proud to call this year’s CFA Distinguished 校友 Award recipients.

Flutist and composer Valerie Coleman (CFA’95, BUTI’89)

Actor and activist Michelle Hurd (CFA’88)

Visual artist and Guggenheim Fellow Alexi Worth (CFA’93)

It was an evening of laughs, smiles, and a refreshing reminder of alums who share our College’s commitment to excellence and making the arts a welcoming environment for all.

It is our distinct pleasure to present you with…

Valerie Coleman (CFA’95, BUTI’89)

“Valerie, you connect us with the present, even as we try to process it. In the midst of the pandemic you were commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra and wrote ‘Seven O’Clock Shout,’ an anthem to honor frontline workers. 你称之为“我们的生存宣言” More recently you were commissioned a multi-part song cycle inspired by the Sonia Sanchez poem, ‘This is Not a Small Voice,’ a work about the innocence of Black children, and the need to protect it.

你最近受BUTI的委托，创作了一部新作《ash<s:1>》，这部新作在今年夏天的安·霍布森·派洛特庆典上演出，这真是一个充满诗意的时刻。你回到莱诺克斯担任作曲教练，并创办了新的木管五重奏工作室。

瓦莱丽，你的作品本身就是一个巨大的灵感来源。但是，你们致力于扩大领域以欢迎新的艺术家，这令人心酸地提醒着我们，你们将继续产生多方面的影响。

瓦莱丽·科尔曼，我很荣幸代表美术学院为你颁发杰出校友奖。“

——波士顿大学音乐学院院长gregory Melchor-Barz

Alexi Worth (CFA’93)

“Alexi Worth, along with being a graduate of the MFA Painting program at 波士顿大学, you are a painter, writer, and Guggenheim and Tiffany-award winner known for ambitious, layered, paintings that ask the viewer to look again.

你的许多个展和群展邀请我们更接近你的绘画主题和作为实物的作品。 As the DC Moore Gallery in New York notes, ‘Worth shows us a world between our fingers and our faces, a foreground world,’ and exhibition titles like ‘Nearness,’ ‘Changing Table,’ ‘States,’ and ‘Green Glass Door’ focus our awareness on the shiftiness of ordinary surfaces.

亚历克西，你巧妙地抓住了平凡、随意的东西，让我们在日常的来来往往中平静下来，让我们停下来，让我们看到未来，唤醒我们的某个时刻，一种感觉。你的作品，个人的和层次的，邀请我们去探索关系，我们知道什么，我们想什么，什么是。

阿列克谢·沃斯，我很荣幸代表美术学院为你颁发杰出校友奖。“

——达纳·克兰西，波士顿大学视觉艺术学院院长

Michelle Hurd (CFA’88)

“From high-profile shows including 呃 and 《绯闻女孩》、 to stage work, you have pursued roles with that same drive and hunger. 你被那些坚强的角色所吸引。你喜欢当老大，当警察。 You joined 法律与秩序：特殊受害者组 as Detective Monique Jeffries, a role that audiences continue to associate you with.

但后来出现了一个项目，给了你探索的空间。的Raffi但。她有缺陷，支离破碎，在悔恨、毒瘾和过去中挣扎。 This universe of 《星际迷航：皮卡德, this expanse of science fiction, continues a legacy that transcends differences while peeling back what makes us human.

Michelle, in the tradition of 《星际迷航》, you continue to give voice and representation. 在幕后，你坚持让拉菲拥有自然卷曲的头发，因为这对年轻人在银幕上看到自己很重要。

即使你在电视上的知名度越来越高，你也敏锐地意识到观众中有一些人觉得自己被忽视了。你也知道在镜头后面需要完成的工作。你们的承诺每天都是显而易见的。作为SAG-AFTRA洛杉矶地区全国副主席和SAG-AFTRA全国性骚扰预防委员会主席，您一直倡导整个行业的多样性和公平性。

Michelle Hurd, it is my distinct pleasure to present you with a Distinguished Alumna Award on behalf of the 美术学院.”

-Susan Mickey，波士顿大学戏剧学院院长